Luggage, children and reduced mobility on Santorini’s buses

Luggage

• The airport bus runs to Fira, 10 minutes by KTEL's timing ^[Source]; anywhere else means a second bus from the Fira bus station with your bags.
• KTEL publishes no luggage rule. Expect to load bags yourself and ask the driver.
• From Athinios, a port arrival with heavy bags has no published bus time at all; the Port Fund lists taxis at the port and the municipality warns waits can be long in peak season ^{[Source, Source]}.
• At Fira's old port, the cable car charges a luggage ticket: €3 on the Port Fund's price list ^[Source].

Luggage storage after checkout

No official source publishes a left-luggage service. The airport's services page lists parking, lost property, first aid, ATMs, currency exchange, car rental, Wi-Fi and a fast-lane service, but no baggage storage ^[Source]; the Port Fund's list of Athinios facilities names a waiting area with WC, an ATM and taxis, but no luggage storage ^[Source]. Ask your accommodation whether it will hold bags after checkout, and if you use a private storage service, confirm its address, hours and price yourself: this guide has no source for any.

Children and pushchairs

• The reduced fare column (50%) is marked for large families; KTEL's fare table does not publish a child fare or an age limit, so ask the conductor ^[Source].
• The cable car lists a reduced ticket of €3 for children ^[Source].
• The caldera villages are steps and lanes. For pushchairs, the flat seafront at Kamari and the long beach at Perissa are the easier bases; the municipality describes Monolithos as a shallow-water family beach ^[Source].

Reduced mobility and wheelchairs

• KTEL's reduced column is marked for disability; KTEL publishes no information on step-free boarding or wheelchair spaces ^[Source].
• The Port Fund lists disabled facilities among Athinios' services and a reduced cable-car ticket of €3 for people with special needs ^{[Source, Source]}.
• The old port's alternative to the cable car is 587 steps ^[Source].
• Ask KTEL before you travel: +30 22860 25404, the number the Port Fund lists for buses ^[Source].

When a door-to-door transfer may be the better answer

With several bags, small children late in the evening or a ferry after dark, a transfer booked in advance removes both the change in Fira and the wait for a taxi. For a wheelchair it is an option only if the company confirms an accessible vehicle in writing: no source this guide uses lists accessible taxis or transfer vehicles on Santorini, so ask before you book. The airport and port pages carry the transfer option, after the bus answer.